PBDB Collection

MA 172, Winikuyé, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 4009

Where: New Caledonia (21.5° S, 167.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 167.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• terrace XIV, 2-2.2 m above sea level, questionable age of the terraces 2-5 m above sea level: 98-90 ka (Th/U) (after Bernat 1976 reported in Marshall and Launay 1978)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1968. Les Madreporaires fossiles de Mare [The fossil corals from Mare]. Expedition Francaise sur les recifs coralliens de la Nouvelle Caledonie 3:85-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90042: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.07.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Montipora verrucosa, Montipora verrilli, Montipora elschneri, Acropora sp., Acropora pulchra "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral Montipora verrucosa Lamarck 1816 stony coral Montipora verrilli Vaughan 1907 stony coral Montipora elschneri Vaughan 1918 stony coral Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral Acropora pulchra Brook 1891 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora damicornis, Stylophora pistillata, Seriatopora hystrix Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral subsp. cespitosa Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia -	"Pavona (Polyastra) planulata" = Gardineroseris planulata "Pavona (Polyastra) planulata" = Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea sp., "Leptastrea ehrenbergana" = Leptastrea purpurea Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral "Leptastrea ehrenbergana" = Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Platygyra sinensis" = Platygyra sinensis, "Platygyra delicatula" = Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia cf. hululensis" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia affinis" = Dipsastraea favus, Echinopora lamellosa, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis "Platygyra sinensis" = Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral "Platygyra delicatula" = Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral "Favia cf. hululensis" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral "Favia affinis" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Favia sp. Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae	Heliastrea sp. Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae	Plesiastrea versipora Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Echinophyllia cf. javana, Lobophyllia corymbosa, Lobophyllia costata Echinophyllia cf. javana Umbgrove 1946 stony coral Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral Lobophyllia costata Duncan 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia fungites Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	"Porites cf. reticulosa" = Porites lichen, Porites cf. lutea, Porites cylindrica, Porites cf. australiensis, Goniopora lobata, Goniopora cf. tenuidens "Porites cf. reticulosa" = Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Porites cylindrica Dana 1846 stony coral Porites cf. australiensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral Goniopora lobata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral Goniopora cf. tenuidens Quelch 1886 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Leptoseris cf. scabra, Pavona sp., Pachyseris rugosa Leptoseris cf. scabra Vaughan 1907 stony coral Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Pironastrea lamellosa n. sp. Pironastrea lamellosa n. sp. Chevalier 1968 stony coral